Crowdfunding site Kickstarter will launch in the UK at the end of the month, providing a platform for UK peeps to raise funds for projects.

For the full story go to Finextra.

But what does it all mean, all this crowdfunding stuff?

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For the specifics of the subject, check out Simon 'recently endorsed by Richard Branson' Dixon's Bank to the Future.

And to understand the sector as a whole and how it impacts the wider finance sector, there's The Pragmatist's Lipstick on a Pig.

And if you want to read about an alternative finance sector that really shouldn't exist, there's Carl Packman's Loan Sharks.